PHILLIPS, Francis Herbert
| Service Number: | 20094 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Sidcup, Kent., 1899 |
| Home Town: | Pingelly, Pingelly, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wheelwright |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 12 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Tincourt New British Cemetery Grave V. E. 25. INSCRIPTION THE DEARLY LOVED ONLY CHILD OF MR. & MRS. F. PHILLIPS OF PINGELLY, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Pingelly Memorial Rotunda |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 20094, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 20094, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 12 Sep 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 20094, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 20094 awm_unit: 3rd Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-09-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1899 Phillips Francis Herbert Bromley 2a 507.
Born & baptised at Sidcup (St John's)
Resident of Edith Cottages, Shirley Road, Sidcup.
Only son of Francis William Henry & Fanny Phillips of Pingelly, Western Australia .
Age at embarkation-18
Previous military service-85th Infantry
Enlistment date-13 April 1917
Rank on enlistment-Sapper
Unit name-August 1917 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number-14/42/3
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 21 November 1917
Rank from Nominal Roll-Sapper
Unit from Nominal Roll-3rd Field Company Engineers.
Age at death from cemetery records-19
Honoured on the Bexley Roll of Honour.
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